IPL 5 – Match 31 – V Sehwag excels in Delhi's win over Pune – MK Pandey and RV Uthappa's fifites in vain

IPL 5 – Match 31 – V Sehwag excels in Delhi's win over Pune – MK Pandey and RV Uthappa's fifites in vain

Match No 31 – Pune Warriors vs. Delhi Daredevils at Pune-SRS on 24.04.12 – Delhi Daredevils won by eight wickets

MK Pandey and RV Uthappa added 145 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 63rd occasion of a three figure partnership in IPL. This stand also provides the first occasion of Pune batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL. The previous best was the 93 runs stand between JD Ryder and SC Ganguly at Delhi on 21.04.12

MK Pandey and RV Uthappa added 145 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the ninth occasion of a 50 plus runs partnership posted by Pune batsmen in IPL. The following table lists all of them.

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 MK Pandey/RV Uthappa 145 3rd Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12
2 JD Ryder/SC Ganguly 93 2nd Delhi Delhi 21.04.12
3 MN Samuels/RV Uthappa 81 3rd Punjab Pune 08.04.12
4 JD Ryder/SPD Smith 67 3rd Delhi Delhi 21.04.12
5 JD Ryder/SPD Smith 66* 4th Chennai Pune 14.04.12
6 RV Uthappa/JD Ryder 63 1st Bangalore Bangalore 17.04.12
7 JD Ryder/M Manhas 60 2nd Punjab Mumbai 10.04.11
8 JD Ryder/MK Pandey 55 1st Deccan Hyd-RGS 10.05.11
9 JD Ryder/M Manhas 54 2nd Delhi Mumbai 17.04.11

MK Pandey and RV Uthappa added 145 runs for the third wicket in this game to provide the 12th occasion of a three figure partnership for the third wicket in IPL. All the thirteen occasions are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 M Vijay/JA Morkel 152 3rd Chennai Rajasthan Chennai 03.04.10
2 MK Pandey/RV Uthappa 145* 3rd Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12
3 SK Raina/S Badrinath 142* 3rd Chennai Mumbai Mumbai BS 25.03.10
4 M Vijay/S Badrinath 124 3rd Chennai Punjab Mohali 13.04.11
5 G Gambhir/S Dhawan 121 3rd Delhi Chennai Delhi 08.05.08
6 SC Ganguly/CA Pujara 111* 3rd Kolkata Rajasthan Kolkata 17.04.10
7 SE Marsh/KD Karthik 111 3rd Punjab Kochi Indore 13.05.11
8 ML Hayden/SK Raina 104 3rd Chennai Mumbai Chennai 23.04.08
9 GC Smith/SR Watson 104 3rd Rajasthan Bangalore Bangalore 26.04.08
10 AM Rahane/JP Duminy 104* 3rd Mumbai Bangalore P Elizabeth 10.05.09
11 SC Ganguly/DJ Hussey 102 3rd Kolkata Deccan Hyd-RGS 11.05.08
12 ML Hayden/MS Dhoni 100 3rd Chennai Punjab Centurion 07.05.09


MK Pandey and RV Uthappa added 145 runs for the third wicket in this game represent the second best partnership for the third wicket in IPL. The best stand is 152 runs partnership between M Vijay and JA Morkel of Chennai against Rajasthan at Chennai on 03.04.10

No Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Date
1 MVijay/JAMorkel 152 3rd Chennai Rajasthan Chennai 03.04.10
2 MKPandey/RVUthappa 145* 3rd Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12

RV Uthappa’s 60 not out in this game represent his sixth fifty in IPL, while MK Pandey registered second fifty in IPL when he scored 80 not out in this game

RV Uthappa’s 60 not out in this game represent the 49th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in IPL. It also represents the second occasion of Pune wicket keeper batsman scoring fifty in IPL. The two occasions are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 RVUthappa 69 Pune Bangalore Bangalore 17.04.12
2 RVUthappa 60* Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12

RV Uthappa’s 60 not out represents his third fifty as a wicket keeper batsman in IPL which are listed below

No Batsman Runs   Team Opposition Venue Date
1 RVUthappa 55 * Bangalore Kolkata Bangalore 10.04.10
2 RVUthappa 69   Pune Bangalore Bangalore 17.04.12
3 RVUthappa 60 * Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12

V Sehwag scored 87 not out in this game which represent his 12th fifty in IPL. He became the sixth batsman to score 12 or more fifties in IPL. Others are – JH Kallis {14}, SE Marsh {14}, SK Raina {13}, G Gambhir {12} and RG Sharma {12}

V Sehwag’s IPL run aggregate read 1620 at the end of this game including his 87 not out in this game. He became the seventh batsman to total 1600 runs in IPL. The complete list with their performance read thus

No Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C F 0
1 SK Raina 69 67 10 1951 98 34.22 0 13 2
2 SR Tendulkar 53 53 9 1762 100* 40.04 1 10 2
3 AC Gilchrist 65 65 2 1702 109* 27.01 2 9 6
4 G Gambhir 62 61 9 1684 86 32.38 0 12 4
5 JH Kallis 64 63 9 1672 89* 30.96 0 14 5
6 RG Sharma 67 64 10 1668 87 30.88 0 12 4
7 V Sehwag 57 57 4 1620 119 30.56 1 11 5

V Sehwag’s 87 not out in this game represent the 68th occasion of a captain scoring fifty in IPL. It also represents the eleventh occasion of a Delhi captain scoring a fifty in IPL which are listed below

No Batsman Runs   Team Opposition Venue Date
1 V Sehwag 94 * Delhi Deccan Deccan 22.04.08
2 V Sehwag 71   Delhi Chennai Chennai 02.05.08
3 V Sehwag 51 * Delhi KE Punjab Delhi 17.05.08
4 V Sehwag 50   Delhi Mumbai Centurion 21.05.09
5 G Gambhir 72   Delhi KE Punjab Mohali 13.03.10
6 G Gambhir 57 * Delhi Chennai Chennai 15.04.10
7 V Sehwag 77   Delhi KE Punjab Delhi 23.04.11
8 V Sehwag 80   Delhi Kochi Kochi 30.04.11
9 V Sehwag 119   Delhi Deccan Hyd-RGS 05.05.11
10 V Sehwag 57   Delhi Pune Delhi 21.04.12
11 V Sehwag 87 * Delhi Pune Pune-SRS 24.04.12

V Sehwag’s 87 not out in this game represent his ninth fifty as captain in IPL. Other captains to score nine or more fifties are – SR Tendulkar {11} and AC Gilchrist {10}. V Sehwag’s nine fifties are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 V Sehwag 94* Delhi Deccan Deccan 22.04.08
2 V Sehwag 71 Delhi Chennai Chennai 02.05.08
3 V Sehwag 51* Delhi Punjab Delhi 17.05.08
4 V Sehwag 50 Delhi Mumbai Centurion 21.05.09
5 V Sehwag 77 Delhi Punjab Delhi 23.04.11
6 V Sehwag 80 Delhi Kochi Kochi 30.04.11
7 V Sehwag 119 Delhi Deccan Hyd-RGS 05.05.11
8 V Sehwag 57 Delhi Pune Delhi 21.04.12
9 V Sehwag 87* Delhi Pune Pune-SRS 24.04.12

MK Pandey’s 80 not out and RV Uthappa’s 60 not out in this game were in losing cause providing the 137th and 138th occasion of a batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL. They also represent the seventh and eight occasion of Pune batsman’s fifty going in vain which are lisetd below

No Batsman Score Team Opposition Ground Date
1 Yuvraj Singh 66* Pune Delhi Mumbai 17.04.11
2 J Ryder 60 Pune Delhi Mumbai 17.04.11
3 Yuvraj Singh 62* Pune Chennai Mum-DYP 27.04.11
4 JD Ryder 51 Pune Bangalore Bangalore 29.04.11
5 MK Pandey 59 Pune Mumbai Mum-DYP 04.05.11
6 RV Uthappa 70 Pune Bangalore Bangalore 17.04.12
7 MK Pandey 80* Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12
8 RV Uthappa 60* Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12

RV Uthappa’s 60 not out in this game provide the 18th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman’s fifty going in vain in IPL. All the eightteen occasions are listed below

No Batsman Runs Team Opposition Venue Date
1 KC Sangakkara 54* Punjab Chennai Mohali 19.04.08
2 WP Saha 59* Kolkata Punjab Mohali 03.05.08
3 M Boucher 50* Bangalore Kolkata Kolkata 08.05.08
4 AC Gilchrist 61 Deccan Rajasthan Jaipur 09.05.08
5 SP Goswami 52 Bangalore Delhi Bangalore 19.05.08
6 AC Gilchrist 50 Deccan Punjab Mohali 23.05.08
7 PA Patel 54 Chennai Rajasthan Chennai 24.05.08
8 KC Sangakkara 64 Punjab Kolkata Kolkata 25.05.08
9 KD Karthik 52 Delhi Chennai Jo’burg 02.05.09
10 MN van Wyk 74 Kolkata Delhi Durban 05.05.09
11 AC Gilchrist 64 Deccan Delhi Durban 13.05.09
12 AC Gilchrist 54 Deccan Kolkata Mumbai 12.03.10
13 NV Ojha 94* Rajasthan Chennai Chennai 02.04.10
14 KC Sangakkara 52 Punjab Deccan Dharamsala 16.04.10
15 AB de Villiers 65 Bangalore Chennai Chennai 16.04.11
16 AC Gilchrist 51* Punjab Deccan Dharmasala 21.05.11
17 MS Dhoni 70 Chennai Bangalore Bangalore 22.05.11
18 RV Uthappa 60 Pune Delhi Pune-SRS 24.04.12

V Sehwag and KP Pietersen added 89 runs for the second wicket in this game providing the 48th occasion of Delhi batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in IPL. This stand also provides the 12th occasion of a 50 plus runs stand for the second wicket.

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 G Gambhir, S Dhawan 133 2nd Deccan Delhi 15.05.08
2 G Gambhir, S Dhawan 112* 2nd Rajasthan Delhi 19.04.08
3 V Sehwag, S Dhawan 112* 2nd Deccan Hyd-RGS 22.04.08
4 V Sehwag, G Gambhir 99 2nd Kolkata Kolkata 07.04.10
5 G Gambhir, S Dhawan 98 2nd Bangalore Delhi 30.04.08
6 G Gambhir, TM Dilshan 97* 2nd Kolkata Durban 05.05.09
7 V Sehwag, KP Pietersen 89 2nd Pune Pune-SRS 24.04.12
8 V Sehwag, KP Pietersen 75 2nd Pune Delhi 21.04.12
9 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 68 2nd Mumbai Centurion 21.05.09
10 V Sehwag, TM Dilshan 67 2nd Chennai Delhi 19.03.10
11 DA Warner, AB de Villiers 51 2nd Deccan Cuttack 21.03.10
12 G Gambhir, TM Dilshan 50 2nd Deccan Durban 13.05.09

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